electronic :: songs :: try all you want

(sumner, marr)

it’s a perfect situation
 i’m trying hard to understand
 you make my life a celebration
 and then you never let me down

  if you want to go, i just can’t say no
 if you want to go, i just can’t say no

  you got me hanging on a string
 i find it hard to turn the other cheek
 you know it doesn’t mean a thing
 i could be through with you within a week

  it’s a perfect situation
 i’m trying hard to understand
 is it still infatuation
 between a woman and a man?

  there never was a minute on my own
 i never felt i needed anyone
 it’s a perfect situation
 i can’t hope to understand

  if you want to go, i just can’t say no
 if you want to go, i just can’t say no
 if you want to go, i just can’t say no
 if you want to go, i just can’t say no

  if you want to go, i just can’t say no
 if you want to go, i just can’t say no
 if you want to go, i just can’t say no

album version—5:36

electronic
electronic/disappointed
electronic (remastered)

the contradicting words of this melodically irresistible song bridge the suppressed anxiety in get the message and some distant memory on the first electronic lp, while some extended synth patterns add colour to what is otherwise a strictly disciplined album. it’s a great song about a man coming to terms with commitment and monogamy, propelled by a percussive momentum that was really opened up when played live as an instrumental at dodger stadium and the haçienda. it is one of the most subtly textured songs on the orange album, along with reality and the patience of a saint.